Probiotics and counselling help with weight loss

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New mothers experience great weight loss results with probiotics and counselling

New York City, N.Y, November 4, 2010 — A recent study in Finland has investigated the effects of probiotics on the waist size of new mothers to see, if combined with counselling, these friendly bacteria such as those contained in Florativia, can help to reduce fat accumulation.
The researchers studies 256 pregnant women divided into three groups. They gave one group the probiotics, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium lactis, along with dietary counseling during the first trimester of pregnancy to see whether it had an effect at reducing the waist size of the new mother six months after giving birth. The other two groups were either given counselling and a placebo or received nothing at all.
The results of the study showed the percentage of women with waist sizes of 31.5 inches or more was significantly lower in the probiotic plus counseling group at 26.2%, compared with the counseling plus placebo group who were at 48.5%, and the placebo and no counseling group at 51.7 %.

James Betz, founder and CEO of Biotivia, a world leading bioceutical firm, said: The results from these studies are very encouraging and highlight the research that we have been collaborating on for the last few years into the benefits of probiotics and prebiotics. We knew that probiotics helped to stave off the effects of illness and helped with weight loss, but we have been looking at ways of introducing prebiotics and probiotics into a formula where they dont neutralize each other and can give real weight loss benefits. We have finally achieved this with Florativia, the worlds first ever probiotic and prebiotic combination.

Florativia is what scientists call a synbiotic, a complex of both probiotics and prebiotics in one supplement that work together to improve the “friendly flora” of the human intestine. It was created because a probiotic, without its prebiotic food, does not survive well in the digestive system. To ensure the the 16 billion healthy probiotics are able to thrive in the intestinal track, Florativia greatly improves the ability of the probiotics to live in the colon and remain viable where it can better eliminate the harmful bacteria.

Betz continues: Florativias 16 billion good bacteria help to keep harmful micro-organisms in check and can be useful in restoring and encouraging the good bacteria in ones intestinal tract which is a useful aid in weight loss

To read more about Florativia please visit http://www.biotivia.com/florativia.html

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About Biotivia LLC

Biotivia was established in 1992 in Vienna, Austria as a supplier of natural raw materials and botanicals to the supplement and functional food industries and to researchers and scientific institutions worldwide. The company evolved into one of the world’s leading developers and suppliers of potent nutritional supplements and skin care therapies, with most of their products centered around the use of concentrated resveratrol and complementary botanical extracts.

Biotivia presently has US offices in New York, Los Angeles, Kansas City and international offices in the UK, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Germany, Singapore, Xi’an, China and Mumbai, India.

Beyond its strong consumer base, the company currently supplies researchers, physicians and scientists at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Georgetown, The Albert Einstein Medical Center, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the University of California. Transmax and Bioforte in particular are being explored by several major universities as a possible treatment for a variety of conditions that seriously impair the health and well being of millions of people around the world. Biotivia recently signed an agreement to supply Transmax to the University of Ferrara for use in three human clinical trials in Italy and Egypt on its possible use by Thalassemia sufferers.

Biotivia’s resveratrol products, Transmax and Bioforte, have been independently assessed by Consumer Labs, the leading American quality watchdog, and were deemed both ‘most potent’ and ‘best value’.

Most of Biotivia’s other supplements have been certified Vegan by the American Vegetarian Association.

Neither Florativia nor any Biotivia product has been shown to aid weight loss. Florativia iis not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat or cure any disease. The statements herein have not been reviewed or approved by the US FDA. All Biotivia supplements are manufactured in state of the art FDA inspected pharmaceutical facilities in accordance with CGMP USP standards.